Tag: Comunn na Piobaireachd New Zealand

Famous pipers: Neville and Ian MacKay

Famous pipers: Neville and Ian MacKay

Features, Interesting People

 Neville and Ian MacKay – pioneers of piobaireachd in New Zealand. By John Hanning This is the story of how two brothers from the country town of Waipawa in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, together laid the foundations for organised instruction and development of the playing of piobaireachd in New Zealand. […]

PM Bill Robertson.

PM Bill Robertson, an appreciation

Daily News, News

Vale, Pipe Major William Robertson (1932-2020) By Brett Tidswell Pipe Major William Robertson died at 12:00pm last Thursday (24th) in Auckland, New Zealand, the country he made home since moving there in 1959, and where he made a huge contribution to piping and to pipe bands. A celebration of his […]